Will Washington State bring out worst in Trojans?

Pete Carroll's USC teams have a history of playing poorly when heavily favored. The Cougars are roughly six-touchdown underdogs, but then so was Stanford last year. > USC moved up the rankings with a shutout against Arizona State that belied the Trojans' turnover-plagued performance on offense. Times staff writer Gary Klein looks at some of the key issues and matchups as USC, which has a history of not performing well against lightly regarded foes, plays one of the nation's poorest-performing teams: (link)